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brush down

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  • verb Used other than as an idiom: see brush,‎ down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.
  • verb idiomatic To straighten up one's clothes and to tidy up one's appearance.

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  • verb reprimand

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hypernyms (21)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. bawl out
  2. berate
  3. call down
  4. call on the carpet
  5. chew out
  6. chew up
  7. chide
  8. dress down
  9. have words
  10. jaw
  11. lambast
  12. lambaste
  13. lecture
  14. rag
  15. rebuke
  16. remonstrate
  17. reprimand
  18. reproof
  19. scold
  20. take to task
  21. trounce

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